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  "id": "nightmare-on-elm-street",
  "title": "A Nightmare on Elm Street / Freddy Krueger",
  "description": "A dated viewing and reading guide to Freddy’s films, Springwood television stories, licensed prose, comics and games. Expanded stories stay in an inclusive original history where possible; uncertain dates and incompatible details are disclosed.",
  "continuities": [
    {
      "id": "original",
      "label": "Original films & licensed Springwood stories",
      "note": "The six original films, Freddy vs. Jason, television anthology and licensed continuations. Assumed / disputed tie-ins are included; their conflicts do not automatically create a new universe."
    },
    {
      "id": "new-nightmare",
      "label": "New Nightmare — metafiction",
      "note": "Heather Langenkamp plays a fictionalized version of herself. The original films exist as films in this story."
    },
    {
      "id": "remake",
      "label": "2010 remake & licensed game variants",
      "note": "Jackie Earle Haley’s Freddy and Quentin Smith have a different history. Crossover game narratives are qualified variants, not automatic screen sequels."
    }
  ],
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      "id": "one",
      "title": "A Nightmare on Elm Street",
      "type": "Film",
      "date": "est. early 1980s; disputed 1981 / 1984",
      "order": 1981,
      "canon": "Confirmed canon",
      "release": "1984",
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      "title": "A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge",
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      "date": "5 years after Nancy’s original ordeal; est. 1986–1989",
      "order": 1986,
      "canon": "Confirmed canon",
      "release": "1985",
      "description": "Jesse moves into Nancy’s former house.",
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      "title": "A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors",
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      "date": "6 years after Nancy’s ordeal; est. 1987",
      "order": 1987,
      "canon": "Confirmed canon",
      "release": "1987",
      "description": "Nancy helps the young patients of Westin Hills.",
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      "id": "four",
      "title": "A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master",
      "type": "Film",
      "date": "est. 1988; after Dream Warriors",
      "order": 1988,
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      "release": "1988",
      "description": "Alice inherits the struggle against Freddy.",
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      "title": "A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child",
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      "date": "1989 graduation period",
      "order": 1989,
      "canon": "Confirmed canon",
      "release": "1989",
      "description": "Freddy reaches Alice through her unborn child.",
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    {
      "id": "dead",
      "title": "Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare",
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      "date": "Ten years in the future; est. late 1990s–2001",
      "order": 1999,
      "canon": "Confirmed canon",
      "release": "1991",
      "description": "Maggie discovers Springwood’s lost children and her own past.",
      "note": "Opening future interval and reconstructed 1999 date differ from a literal 1991 + 10 = 2001. Preserve the range and original interval.",
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      "id": "fvj-film",
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      "order": 2003,
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      "release": "2003",
      "description": "Freddy resurrects Jason to restore fear of his name.",
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      "id": "amanda",
      "title": "Dream Warriors / The Dream Child — Amanda and Freddy’s origin",
      "type": "Film segments",
      "date": "est. 1940s; decades before Nancy",
      "order": 1940,
      "canon": "Confirmed canon",
      "release": "1987 / 1989",
      "description": "Amanda’s ordeal and Freddy’s birth are recalled.",
      "note": "Grouped origin recollections from two films; not two newly released standalone stories. Exact birth year remains unestablished.",
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    {
      "id": "dead-history",
      "title": "Freddy’s Dead — childhood, family and burning recollections",
      "type": "Film segments",
      "date": "est. 1940s–1960s; childhood to parenthood",
      "order": 1960,
      "canon": "Confirmed canon",
      "release": "1991",
      "description": "Freddy’s earlier life emerges through Maggie’s discovery.",
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      "id": "new",
      "title": "Wes Craven’s New Nightmare",
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      "date": "est. 1994; ten years after the original movie",
      "order": 1994,
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      "release": "1994",
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      "order": 1990,
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        "anthology-review"
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      "order": 1990,
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    },
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      "order": 1990,
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      "release": "1991",
      "description": "Alice, Jacob and earlier survivors face another attack.",
      "note": "Earlier continuous section of Andy Mangels’s six-issue run. Numeric placement comes from secondary reconstruction; exact original interior date unverified.",
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    },
    {
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    },
    {
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      "title": "Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare #1–3",
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      "order": 1999,
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      "release": "1991",
      "description": "Andy Mangels adapts Maggie’s discovery and final confrontation.",
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    },
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      "id": "beginning",
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    },
    {
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      "release": "1992",
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      "description": "A pharmacy robbery destabilizes Springwood’s defense against Freddy.",
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      "order": 1989,
      "canon": "Assumed canon",
      "release": "1989–1990",
      "description": "A licensed Springwood anthology episode, introduced by Freddy.",
      "note": "Standalone anthology placement; no exact year inferred from air date. Both linked story halves remain in this episode record.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "tv",
        "episodes",
        "tv-details"
      ],
      "continuity": "original",
      "railLabel": "est. late twentieth century; anthology era",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Qualified era / interval; exact interleaving unverified",
      "inspection": "Episode title / series inventory checked; full episode and its internal time jumps not inspected.",
      "estimated": true,
      "productUrl": "https://nightmareonelmstreetfilms.com/Files/freddys-nightmares-season-1-press-kit.pdf",
      "productName": "View original series press kit",
      "productMatch": "Corresponding work or edition inventory. Exact Amazon product not verified; stock and full-story access are not asserted.",
      "actionLabel": "View original series press kit",
      "eraWindow": true,
      "episode": {
        "season": 2,
        "number": 20
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "tv-2-21",
      "title": "Freddy’s Nightmares 2.21 — Prisoner of Love",
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      "date": "est. late twentieth century; anthology era",
      "order": 1989,
      "canon": "Assumed canon",
      "release": "1989–1990",
      "description": "A licensed Springwood anthology episode, introduced by Freddy.",
      "note": "Standalone anthology placement; no exact year inferred from air date. Both linked story halves remain in this episode record.",
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        "tv",
        "episodes",
        "tv-details"
      ],
      "continuity": "original",
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      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Qualified era / interval; exact interleaving unverified",
      "inspection": "Episode title / series inventory checked; full episode and its internal time jumps not inspected.",
      "estimated": true,
      "productUrl": "https://nightmareonelmstreetfilms.com/Files/freddys-nightmares-season-1-press-kit.pdf",
      "productName": "View original series press kit",
      "productMatch": "Corresponding work or edition inventory. Exact Amazon product not verified; stock and full-story access are not asserted.",
      "actionLabel": "View original series press kit",
      "eraWindow": true,
      "episode": {
        "season": 2,
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    },
    {
      "id": "tv-2-22",
      "title": "Freddy’s Nightmares 2.22 — Life Sentence",
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      "date": "est. late twentieth century; anthology era",
      "order": 1989,
      "canon": "Assumed canon",
      "release": "1989–1990",
      "description": "A licensed Springwood anthology episode, introduced by Freddy.",
      "note": "Standalone anthology placement; no exact year inferred from air date. Both linked story halves remain in this episode record.",
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        "tv",
        "episodes",
        "tv-details"
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      "continuity": "original",
      "railLabel": "est. late twentieth century; anthology era",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Qualified era / interval; exact interleaving unverified",
      "inspection": "Episode title / series inventory checked; full episode and its internal time jumps not inspected.",
      "estimated": true,
      "productUrl": "https://nightmareonelmstreetfilms.com/Files/freddys-nightmares-season-1-press-kit.pdf",
      "productName": "View original series press kit",
      "productMatch": "Corresponding work or edition inventory. Exact Amazon product not verified; stock and full-story access are not asserted.",
      "actionLabel": "View original series press kit",
      "eraWindow": true,
      "episode": {
        "season": 2,
        "number": 22
      }
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      "id": "nes",
      "title": "A Nightmare on Elm Street — NES",
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      "date": "est. late 1980s; Dream Warriors-derived nightmare",
      "order": 1987,
      "canon": "Non-canon connected",
      "release": "1990",
      "description": "Teenagers seek and burn Freddy’s scattered bones.",
      "note": "Separate licensed game scenario using dream-warrior powers. Not a literal new film sequel; 1989 date in old companion catalogue conflicts with NES release catalogues.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "games"
      ],
      "continuity": "original",
      "railLabel": "est. late 1980s; Dream Warriors-derived nightmare",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Qualified era / interval; exact interleaving unverified",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": true,
      "productUrl": "https://nightmareonelmstreetfilms.com/site/beyond-the-films/video-games/",
      "productName": "View original manual / game research",
      "productMatch": "Corresponding work or edition inventory. Exact Amazon product not verified; stock and full-story access are not asserted.",
      "actionLabel": "View original manual / game research",
      "eraWindow": true
    },
    {
      "id": "pc",
      "title": "A Nightmare on Elm Street — Commodore 64 / DOS",
      "type": "Game",
      "date": "est. late 1980s; dream-warrior era",
      "order": 1987,
      "canon": "Non-canon connected",
      "release": "1989",
      "description": "Playable dream fighters attempt to escape Freddy’s world.",
      "note": "ShareData / Monarch game is distinct from Rare / LJN’s NES game, despite sharing the title. Platform versions of the same scenario grouped.",
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        "games"
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      "railLabel": "est. late 1980s; dream-warrior era",
      "segment": false,
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      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": true,
      "productUrl": "https://nightmareonelmstreetfilms.com/site/beyond-the-films/video-games/",
      "productName": "View corresponding game research",
      "productMatch": "Corresponding work or edition inventory. Exact Amazon product not verified; stock and full-story access are not asserted.",
      "actionLabel": "View corresponding game research",
      "eraWindow": true
    },
    {
      "id": "mk",
      "title": "Mortal Kombat — Freddy biography and arcade ending",
      "type": "Game story",
      "date": "Modern Earthrealm / Dream Realm era; exact calendar unverified",
      "order": 2011,
      "canon": "Non-canon connected",
      "release": "2011",
      "description": "Shao Kahn pulls Freddy from dreams into mortal combat.",
      "note": "Licensed remake-look crossover variant; biography and conditional arcade ending are narrative material. Player matches / cosmetic variants are not extra chronological chapters.",
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        "games"
      ],
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      "segment": false,
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      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": false,
      "productUrl": "https://nightmareonelmstreetfilms.com/site/beyond-the-films/video-games/",
      "productName": "View licensed biography research",
      "productMatch": "Corresponding work or edition inventory. Exact Amazon product not verified; stock and full-story access are not asserted.",
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    },
    {
      "id": "dbd-story",
      "title": "Dead by Daylight — Freddy / Quentin character narratives",
      "type": "Game story",
      "date": "After the remake ordeal; Entity’s realm outside a fixed calendar",
      "order": 2010.1,
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      "release": "2017 onward",
      "description": "Quentin keeps resisting Freddy as the Entity draws them into the Fog.",
      "note": "Official biographies are connected narrative. Match repetitions do not establish a new film sequel; release date is not a fictional year.",
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        "dbd",
        "dbd-freddy"
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      "continuity": "remake",
      "railLabel": "Timeless Entity era",
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      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": false,
      "productUrl": "https://deadbydaylight.com/game/characters/quentin-smith/",
      "productName": "View official character story / chapter",
      "productMatch": "Corresponding work or edition inventory. Exact Amazon product not verified; stock and full-story access are not asserted.",
      "actionLabel": "View official character story / chapter",
      "eraWindow": true
    },
    {
      "id": "family-later",
      "title": "Freddy’s Nightmares 2.19 — A Family Affair, later story",
      "type": "TV segment",
      "date": "2 years after the first Woodman story; est. late twentieth century",
      "order": 1991,
      "canon": "Assumed canon",
      "release": "1990",
      "description": "Paul tries to repair his relationship with his son.",
      "note": "Material internal time jump is separated from first half. Episode remains one of the 44 broadcasts, not a 45th episode.",
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        "family-tubi",
        "tv-details"
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      "confidence": "Qualified era / interval; exact interleaving unverified",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": true,
      "productUrl": "https://tubitv.com/tv-shows/200260584/s02-e19-a-family-affair",
      "productName": "View licensed episode",
      "productMatch": "Exact episode; regional playback and ads may apply.",
      "actionLabel": "View licensed episode",
      "container": true
    },
    {
      "id": "dokken-video",
      "title": "Dokken — Dream Warriors, original video story",
      "type": "Music-video short",
      "date": "est. late 1980s; Kristen’s Dream Warriors period",
      "order": 1987,
      "canon": "Non-canon connected",
      "release": "1987",
      "description": "Kristen’s nightmare encounters Freddy and the band.",
      "note": "Original video fiction is included, while reused film scenes are not counted twice. Dream ending is a promotional variant, not proof the film’s survivors meet Dokken in screen canon.",
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        "dokken",
        "dokken-story"
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      "railLabel": "est. late 1980s; Kristen’s Dream Warriors period",
      "segment": false,
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      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": true,
      "productUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noLPhZvcBpw",
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      "productMatch": "Exact official Rhino upload.",
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    },
    {
      "id": "fatboys-video",
      "title": "The Fat Boys — Are You Ready for Freddy, video story",
      "type": "Music-video short",
      "date": "est. late 1980s; Elm Street house nightmare",
      "order": 1988,
      "canon": "Non-canon connected",
      "release": "1988",
      "description": "An inheritance brings the band to a dangerous house.",
      "note": "Licensed promotion with Robert Englund’s Freddy; no exact fictional 1988 date asserted. Nightmare on My Street is a different, disputed-license production.",
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        "fatboys",
        "fatboys-story"
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      "railLabel": "est. late 1980s; Elm Street house nightmare",
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      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": true,
      "productUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Are_You_Ready_for_Freddy",
      "productName": "View corresponding video research",
      "productMatch": "Corresponding work or edition inventory. Exact Amazon product not verified; stock and full-story access are not asserted.",
      "actionLabel": "View corresponding video research",
      "eraWindow": true
    },
    {
      "id": "how-video-story",
      "title": "Ill Niño — How Can I Live, video story",
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      "date": "est. early 2000s; Elm Street nightmare",
      "order": 2003,
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      "release": "2003",
      "description": "An unseen pursuer chases a woman through her nightmare.",
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        "how-story"
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      "id": "goldbergs-story",
      "title": "The Goldbergs — Mister Knifey-Hands, Freddy nightmare",
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      "date": "1980s Halloween; after the original movie exists",
      "order": 1985,
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      "release": "2018",
      "description": "Beverly’s nightmare brings her face to face with Freddy.",
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      "estimated": false,
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      "actionLabel": "View exact licensed episode",
      "container": true,
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    },
    {
      "id": "my-life",
      "title": "It’s My Life: The Story of Fred from Alive to Dead",
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      "order": 1968,
      "canon": "Disputed canon",
      "release": "1988",
      "description": "The official fan-club booklet recounts Freddy’s life.",
      "note": "Promotional in-character biography may conflict with later screen backstory. Full original booklet not read; publication verified by original membership materials.",
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      "estimated": true,
      "productUrl": "https://nightmareonelmstreetfilms.com/site/beyond-the-films/freddy-fan-club/",
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      "order": 2005,
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      "release": "2007",
      "description": "An immersive waking-nightmare scenario.",
      "note": "Licensed experiential variant, not an event automatically dated to its park season. Physical sets, preshow and alternate climaxes require full walkthrough / original show-script comparison. Historic event is closed; link is story evidence, not a ticket offer.",
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      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": false,
      "productUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal%27s_Halloween_Horror_Nights",
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    {
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      "date": "Modern nightmare era; exact fictional year unverified",
      "order": 2005,
      "canon": "Non-canon connected",
      "release": "2007",
      "description": "Westin Hills becomes Freddy’s murderous asylum.",
      "note": "Licensed experiential variant, not an event automatically dated to its park season. Physical sets, preshow and alternate climaxes require full walkthrough / original show-script comparison. Historic event is closed; link is story evidence, not a ticket offer.",
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      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": false,
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    },
    {
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      "order": 2005,
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      "release": "2008",
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      "note": "Licensed experiential variant, not an event automatically dated to its park season. Physical sets, preshow and alternate climaxes require full walkthrough / original show-script comparison. Historic event is closed; link is story evidence, not a ticket offer.",
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    },
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      "order": 2005,
      "canon": "Non-canon connected",
      "release": "2008",
      "description": "Freddy leads a backlot nightmare with Jason and Leatherface.",
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      "estimated": false,
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    },
    {
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      "order": 2005,
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      "release": "2015",
      "description": "Guests pass through both killers’ worlds and their showdown.",
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      "estimated": false,
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      "productMatch": "Corresponding work or edition inventory. Exact Amazon product not verified; stock and full-story access are not asserted.",
      "actionLabel": "View historic attraction / story evidence",
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    },
    {
      "id": "hh-fvj-hollywood",
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      "date": "Modern nightmare era; exact fictional year unverified",
      "order": 2005,
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      "release": "2016",
      "description": "A regional reworking of the monster confrontation.",
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      "estimated": false,
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      "productMatch": "Corresponding work or edition inventory. Exact Amazon product not verified; stock and full-story access are not asserted.",
      "actionLabel": "View historic attraction / story evidence",
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    },
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      "title": "A Nightmare on Elm Street: Never Sleep Again — Hollywood attraction",
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      "order": 2010,
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      "release": "2010",
      "description": "A nightmare journey revisits Badham and the boiler room.",
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      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": true,
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      "productName": "Read original attraction announcement",
      "productMatch": "Corresponding work or edition inventory. Exact Amazon product not verified; stock and full-story access are not asserted.",
      "actionLabel": "Read original attraction announcement",
      "storyGroup": "remake",
      "eraWindow": true
    },
    {
      "id": "cooper-history",
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      "order": 1960,
      "canon": "Disputed canon",
      "release": "1987",
      "description": "The original omnibus supplies its own early Freddy history.",
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        "cooper"
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      "estimated": true,
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      "url": "https://wbclassics.warnerbros.com/halloween/",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Rights-holder inventory: original six plus New Nightmare. Release dates do not establish fictional dates."
    },
    {
      "id": "wes",
      "title": "Wes Craven — original film",
      "url": "https://www.wescraven.com/film/a-nightmare-on-elm-street/",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Creator’s film synopsis."
    },
    {
      "id": "timeline",
      "title": "Elm Street Companion — documented chronology",
      "url": "https://nightmareonelmstreetfilms.com/site/features/timeline/",
      "kind": "Secondary / prop-and-dialogue chronology",
      "note": "Secondary chronology cites on-screen props and dialogue. Its reconstructed 1981 first-film / 1999 finale dates are not treated as undisputed calendar facts."
    },
    {
      "id": "adaptations",
      "title": "Elm Street Companion — prose / audio film adaptations",
      "url": "https://nightmareonelmstreetfilms.com/site/beyond-the-films/books/film-adaptations/",
      "kind": "Secondary / bibliographic inventory",
      "note": "Bibliography includes Cooper, Locke, Italia, Flood, Bergantino, Hand and six EUROPA plays. Full texts / recordings not inspected."
    },
    {
      "id": "cooper",
      "title": "Fangoria — Dream Warriors novel differences",
      "url": "https://www.fangoria.com/dream-warriors-novelization/",
      "kind": "Secondary / original-work review",
      "note": "Work review confirms substantial differences from the film because Cooper adapted an earlier screenplay."
    },
    {
      "id": "tales",
      "title": "Elm Street Companion — Tales of Terror",
      "url": "https://nightmareonelmstreetfilms.com/site/beyond-the-films/books/freddy-kruegers-tales-of-terror/",
      "kind": "Secondary / bibliographic inventory",
      "note": "Six Tor books, not six film novelizations."
    },
    {
      "id": "flame",
      "title": "Elm Street Companion — Black Flame books",
      "url": "https://nightmareonelmstreetfilms.com/site/beyond-the-films/books/black-flame-series/",
      "kind": "Secondary / bibliographic inventory",
      "note": "Five originals; omnibus Ripped from a Dream collects the first three rather than adding another story."
    },
    {
      "id": "anthology",
      "title": "Elm Street Companion — Seven Sweetest Dreams",
      "url": "https://nightmareonelmstreetfilms.com/site/beyond-the-films/books/other-books/",
      "kind": "Secondary / bibliographic inventory",
      "note": "Seven individually named stories. Martin H. Greenberg is the editor, not the author of every story."
    },
    {
      "id": "anthology-review",
      "title": "Little Engines — Seven Sweetest Dreams review",
      "url": "https://www.littleengines.pub/p/based-on-if-any-freddy-kruegers-seven",
      "kind": "Secondary / original-work review",
      "note": "Work review identifies returning film characters and independent stories; exact dates require original text."
    },
    {
      "id": "tv",
      "title": "Freddy’s Nightmares — original season-one press kit",
      "url": "https://nightmareonelmstreetfilms.com/Files/freddys-nightmares-season-1-press-kit.pdf",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Original promotional artifact, archive hosted. Establishes the licensed anthology; not proof all episodes share a calendar year."
    },
    {
      "id": "episodes",
      "title": "Epguides — 44 episode inventory",
      "url": "https://epguides.com/FreddysNightmares/",
      "kind": "Secondary / television inventory",
      "note": "Two 22-episode seasons; episode numbers and air dates are publication metadata."
    },
    {
      "id": "tv-details",
      "title": "Elm Street Companion — episode breakdowns",
      "url": "https://nightmareonelmstreetfilms.com/site/beyond-the-films/freddys-nightmares-a-nightmare-on-elm-street-the-series/freddys-nightmares-episode-breakdowns/",
      "kind": "Secondary / episode guide",
      "note": "Episode plots / links used for the inventory; complete episodes not watched in this audit."
    },
    {
      "id": "marvel",
      "title": "Elm Street Companion — Marvel magazine",
      "url": "https://nightmareonelmstreetfilms.com/site/beyond-the-films/comic-books/marvel-comics/",
      "kind": "Secondary / publication inventory",
      "note": "Two published issues; cover variants and abandoned continuation not separate stories."
    },
    {
      "id": "mangels",
      "title": "Andy Mangels — Innovation bibliography",
      "url": "https://www.andymangels.com/nightmares.html",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Creator lists six Nightmares issues, Freddy’s Dead #1–3 / #3D, and only two released Beginning issues. #3D is an alternate edition of #3."
    },
    {
      "id": "beginning1",
      "title": "Andy Mangels — The Beginning #1 original script",
      "url": "https://www.andymangels.com/Beginning_1.pdf",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Author-hosted original script inspected in part. Script is evidence of intended framing; finished lettered comic not inspected."
    },
    {
      "id": "beginning2",
      "title": "Andy Mangels — The Beginning #2 original script",
      "url": "https://www.andymangels.com/Beginning_2.pdf",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Page 5 and later directions explicitly date trial flashbacks 1971, contradicting the fan chronology’s 1968 reconstruction. Script, not finished comic."
    },
    {
      "id": "innovation",
      "title": "Elm Street Companion — Innovation inventory",
      "url": "https://nightmareonelmstreetfilms.com/site/beyond-the-films/comic-books/innovation-publishing/",
      "kind": "Secondary / publication inventory",
      "note": "Published run and sequel framing cross-check. Six-issue series has a five-year jump after #2 and must be split."
    },
    {
      "id": "innovation-jump",
      "title": "Nightmares on Elm Street — publication / story summary",
      "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightmares_on_Elm_Street",
      "kind": "Secondary / bibliographic summary",
      "note": "Five-year gap between #2 and #3 cross-check; original interior verification remains open."
    },
    {
      "id": "avatar-special",
      "title": "Avatar Press — official Nightmare Special premise",
      "url": "https://www.avatarpress.com/nightmare/",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Original publisher explicitly sets Emily’s story after Freddy vs. Jason. No interior preview on accessible page."
    },
    {
      "id": "avatar",
      "title": "Avatar Press — Fearbook official solicitation",
      "url": "https://www.avatarpress.com/2006solic/06/",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Original publisher synopsis / format; alternate covers do not add stories."
    },
    {
      "id": "paranoid",
      "title": "Avatar Press — Paranoid issue inventory",
      "url": "https://www.avatarpress.com/2006solic/02/",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Publisher confirms Paranoid #1 of 3; complete original interiors not available here."
    },
    {
      "id": "avatar-list",
      "title": "Elm Street Companion — Avatar comics",
      "url": "https://nightmareonelmstreetfilms.com/site/beyond-the-films/comic-books/avatar-press/",
      "kind": "Secondary / bibliographic inventory",
      "note": "Special, Paranoid #1–3 and Fearbook; used to distinguish actual stories from variant covers."
    },
    {
      "id": "wildstorm",
      "title": "DC — A Nightmare on Elm Street collected edition",
      "url": "https://www.dc.com/graphic-novels/a-nightmare-on-elm-street-2006/a-nightmare-on-elm-street",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Publisher explicitly collects #1–3 and #5–7; standalone #4 and #8 are not in this trade."
    },
    {
      "id": "wildstorm1",
      "title": "DC — A Nightmare on Elm Street #1",
      "url": "https://www.dc.com/comics/a-nightmare-on-elm-street-2006/a-nightmare-on-elm-street-1",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Official synopsis and release metadata. Full interior unavailable in accessible page."
    },
    {
      "id": "wildstorm-list",
      "title": "Elm Street Companion — WildStorm inventory",
      "url": "https://nightmareonelmstreetfilms.com/site/beyond-the-films/comic-books/wildstorm/",
      "kind": "Secondary / bibliographic inventory",
      "note": "Eight published issues, standalone stories and crossover runs; original interiors not inspected."
    },
    {
      "id": "double-shift",
      "title": "Grand Comics Database — Double Shift",
      "url": "https://www.comics.org/issue/353222/",
      "kind": "Secondary / indexed comic",
      "note": "Issue #8 title and publication metadata; not a fictional calendar source."
    },
    {
      "id": "tales-horror",
      "title": "G-Mart — New Line Cinema’s Tales of Horror #1",
      "url": "https://www.g-mart.com/static/f077955.html",
      "kind": "Retailer / publisher solicitation",
      "note": "Corresponding issue listing / publisher solicitation; includes separate Freddy and Texas Chainsaw stories."
    },
    {
      "id": "ash",
      "title": "Grand Comics Database — exact Ash collected edition",
      "url": "https://www.comics.org/issue/542291/",
      "kind": "Secondary / indexed original publication",
      "note": "ISBN 9781401220044 collects the six-issue crossover; publisher catalogue destination not recovered."
    },
    {
      "id": "ash-commentary",
      "title": "James Kuhoric / Jason Craig — crossover commentary",
      "url": "https://nightmareonelmstreetfilms.com/Files/freddyvsjasonvsash4commentary.pdf",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Archived creator panel commentary, not a claim to have read the complete comic."
    },
    {
      "id": "warriors",
      "title": "DC — The Nightmare Warriors #1",
      "url": "https://www.dc.com/comics/freddy-vs-jason-vs-ash-the-nightmare-warriors-2009/freddy-vs-jason-vs-ash-the-nightmare-warriors-1",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Publisher explicitly sets sequel six months after first Ash crossover."
    },
    {
      "id": "fvj",
      "title": "Warner Bros. — Freddy vs. Jason",
      "url": "https://www.warnerbros.com/movies/freddy-vs-jason",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Correct official film access page; dynamic page gave no readable plot."
    },
    {
      "id": "fvj-press",
      "title": "New Line — Freddy vs. Jason original press kit",
      "url": "https://nightmareonelmstreetfilms.com/site/films/freddy-vs-jason/freddy-vs-jason-press-kit/",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Archived original studio notes; promotional nearly-ten-years wording is not a reliable exact fictional interval after Freddy’s Dead."
    },
    {
      "id": "remake",
      "title": "Warner Bros. — A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)",
      "url": "https://www.warnerbros.com/movies/nightmare-elm-street-2010",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Correct official remake page; dynamic page gave no readable synopsis."
    },
    {
      "id": "games",
      "title": "Elm Street Companion — licensed games / manual transcription",
      "url": "https://nightmareonelmstreetfilms.com/site/beyond-the-films/video-games/",
      "kind": "Secondary / original-manual transcription",
      "note": "Two distinct standalone games and Mortal Kombat biography. NES 1989 date in this source conflicts with the generally catalogued 1990 release; story chronology does not depend on it."
    },
    {
      "id": "dbd",
      "title": "Behaviour — Quentin Smith biography",
      "url": "https://deadbydaylight.com/game/characters/quentin-smith/",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Official licensed character page, story biography and chapter access; remake-derived Quentin."
    },
    {
      "id": "dbd-freddy",
      "title": "Behaviour — Freddy Krueger biography",
      "url": "https://deadbydaylight.com/game/characters/the-nightmare/",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Official licensed character narrative; Entity’s realm not assigned a release-year calendar."
    },
    {
      "id": "family-tubi",
      "title": "Tubi — licensed A Family Affair episode",
      "url": "https://tubitv.com/tv-shows/200260584/s02-e19-a-family-affair",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Licensed episode description explicitly states a couple of years later in second story. Availability is regional; full video not watched."
    },
    {
      "id": "cooper-product",
      "title": "Amazon — Jeffrey Cooper omnibus product",
      "url": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/0312905173",
      "kind": "Retailer / exact product",
      "note": "Retailer canonical title, author and ISBN 9780312905170 read October 27, 2026. Existing bibliography link recovered; no ASIN derived or invented."
    },
    {
      "id": "hand-product",
      "title": "Amazon — Stephen Hand Freddy vs. Jason",
      "url": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/1844160599",
      "kind": "Retailer / exact product",
      "note": "Retailer canonical title, author and ISBN 9781844160594 read October 27, 2026."
    },
    {
      "id": "dokken",
      "title": "Rhino — official Dream Warriors video",
      "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noLPhZvcBpw",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Record-label official video. Original Kristen / Freddy scenes alongside reused film footage; full video not played in this audit."
    },
    {
      "id": "dokken-story",
      "title": "Dream Warriors video — original-scene synopsis",
      "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream_Warriors_(song)",
      "kind": "Secondary / music-video summary",
      "note": "Original footage distinguished from reused film clips; date is source-story estimate."
    },
    {
      "id": "fatboys",
      "title": "Are You Ready for Freddy — contemporary official tie-in report",
      "url": "https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/80s/1988/CB-1988-08-06.pdf",
      "kind": "Contemporary industry press",
      "note": "Contemporary Cash Box report identifies Fat Boys filming with Freddy. Original full video not inspected."
    },
    {
      "id": "fatboys-story",
      "title": "Are You Ready for Freddy — video synopsis",
      "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Are_You_Ready_for_Freddy",
      "kind": "Secondary / video inventory",
      "note": "Licensed 1988 promotion; story visits the inherited Elm Street house. Not confused with unauthorized Nightmare on My Street."
    },
    {
      "id": "how-video",
      "title": "Apple Music — How Can I Live official music video",
      "url": "https://music.apple.com/us/music-video/how-can-i-live/275233453",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Corresponding licensed video access; new nightmare framing is not a separate Freddy vs. Jason film."
    },
    {
      "id": "how-story",
      "title": "How Can I Live — music-video plot",
      "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_Can_I_Live",
      "kind": "Secondary / music-video summary",
      "note": "New Elm Street nightmare frame, independent of clips or song lyrics."
    },
    {
      "id": "goldbergs",
      "title": "Apple TV — The Goldbergs: Mister Knifey-Hands",
      "url": "https://tv.apple.com/us/episode/mister-knifey-hands/umc.cmc.1z4qaysjctqtd9ssfed96egp6?showId=umc.cmc.1azj5ufryevq23g8et1xj11o9",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Exact licensed episode listing."
    },
    {
      "id": "goldbergs-actor",
      "title": "Robert Englund — Goldbergs appearance interview",
      "url": "https://comicbook.com/horror/news/freddy-krueger-robert-englund-real-reason-cameo-the-goldbergs-wendi-mclendon-covey/",
      "kind": "Primary actor interview / hosted by entertainment press",
      "note": "Actor discusses his in-character nightmare scene in the 1980s-set sitcom."
    },
    {
      "id": "fanclub",
      "title": "New Line Freddy Fan Club — reproduced original materials",
      "url": "https://nightmareonelmstreetfilms.com/site/beyond-the-films/freddy-fan-club/",
      "kind": "Primary promotional artifacts / secondary archive inventory",
      "note": "Original welcome copy identifies life-story booklet; archive inventories booklet and Freddy Times #1–2. Original image interiors not fully read."
    },
    {
      "id": "hh-2007",
      "title": "Hollywood 2007 — original maze publicity transcription",
      "url": "https://www.thestudiotour.com/wp/studios/universal-studios-hollywood/theme-park/attractions/halloween-horror-nights/halloween-horror-nights-2007/",
      "kind": "Archive / transcribed official promotional copy",
      "note": "Contemporary maze description presents Westin Hills under Freddy’s control."
    },
    {
      "id": "hh-2008",
      "title": "Hollywood 2008 — Home Sweet Hell / Terror Tram",
      "url": "https://www.thestudiotour.com/wp/studios/universal-studios-hollywood/theme-park/attractions/halloween-horror-nights/halloween-horror-nights-2008/",
      "kind": "Archive / transcribed official promotional copy",
      "note": "Retains original promotional framing for two distinct experiences."
    },
    {
      "id": "hh-2010",
      "title": "Universal — Never Sleep Again original press release",
      "url": "https://www.insideuniversal.net/2010/08/press-freddy-krueger-returns-in-a-nightmare-on-elm-street-never-sleep-again/",
      "kind": "Primary press release / hosted by park-news archive",
      "note": "Republished Universal release explicitly identifies 2010 film as source story."
    },
    {
      "id": "hh-2015",
      "title": "Universal Orlando — Freddy vs. Jason original announcement",
      "url": "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-vicious-feud-continues-two-ultimate-horror-icons-freddy-and-jason-come-to-life-at-universal-orlandos-halloween-horror-nights-25-300097142.html",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Universal-issued press release verifies the film-derived attraction."
    },
    {
      "id": "hh-list",
      "title": "HHN — franchise attraction inventory",
      "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal%27s_Halloween_Horror_Nights",
      "kind": "Secondary / attraction inventory",
      "note": "Orlando Dreamwalkers / Hollywood regional events cross-check. Original show scripts not recovered."
    },
    {
      "id": "hh-2016",
      "title": "Freddy vs. Jason — Hollywood 2016 filmed attraction",
      "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zwu9fozKS3c",
      "kind": "Secondary / recorded attraction",
      "note": "Independent contemporaneous walkthrough documents a different regional maze. Full walkthrough not played in this audit."
    },
    {
      "id": "trident",
      "title": "Elm Street Companion — Trident reprint contents",
      "url": "https://nightmareonelmstreetfilms.com/site/beyond-the-films/comic-books/trident-comics/",
      "kind": "Secondary / publication inventory",
      "note": "Four UK Freddy’s Nightmares comic magazines reprint Marvel / Innovation material; unrelated to new episodes of the similarly titled TV series."
    }
  ],
  "scope": [
    {
      "title": "Ripped from a Dream; Cooper and Locke omnibuses; translations / reprints",
      "type": "Collected / translated editions",
      "status": "Deduplicated",
      "note": "Same previously indexed stories. Russian Arch Stanton / Shyback-Adamchik collections require license verification before any unique narrative is counted.",
      "sources": [
        "adaptations",
        "flame"
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "The Beginning #3–4; Blackthorne 3D original-film adaptation",
      "type": "Unpublished comics / creator-released scripts",
      "status": "Excluded from released comic count",
      "note": "Creator supplies scripts and outlines, including unpublished #3. These are development documents rather than released finished issues. Script-based historical clues are explicitly labeled.",
      "sources": [
        "mangels"
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "Freddy vs. Jason pachinko; pinball; mobile / web promotional games",
      "type": "Interactive tie-ins",
      "status": "Plot audit open",
      "note": "Do not assume every licensed machine adds a new story. Need original manuals / cinematic comparisons; not silently presented as fully inventoried.",
      "sources": [
        "games"
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "The Freddy Times #1–2",
      "type": "Promotional newsletter",
      "status": "Narrative eligibility unresolved",
      "note": "Original issues are inventoried beside the life-story booklet. Need full image inspection to separate interviews / promotions from any additional in-world prose.",
      "sources": [
        "fanclub"
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "A Nightmare on My Street; fan films including Dylan’s New Nightmare",
      "type": "Unofficial / disputed-license productions",
      "status": "Not counted as official continuations",
      "note": "Nightmare on My Street’s dispute does not confer the official license held by the Fat Boys video. Cast participation alone does not license a fan film.",
      "sources": [
        "fatboys-story"
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "Ready Player One / Space Jam background appearances; Freddy’s Greatest Hits",
      "type": "Cameos / music performances",
      "status": "No distinct Freddy plot assumed",
      "note": "Background licensed characters, songs and reused film footage are not automatically new narrative chapters. Additional plot-bearing shorts remain eligible after original inspection.",
      "sources": [
        "wb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "Trident Freddy’s Nightmares #1–4",
      "type": "Comic reprints",
      "status": "Deduplicated",
      "note": "UK magazines repackage Marvel / Innovation stories already indexed here. No unique new story verified; not a four-episode television continuation.",
      "sources": [
        "trident"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "audit": {
    "checked": "2026-10-27",
    "status": "Reviewed research edition — 2026-10-27; original interiors and minor-media gaps disclosed",
    "checks": [
      "Nine released franchise feature films inventoried (including New Nightmare, 2010 and Freddy vs. Jason); embedded earlier history is separately marked.",
      "All 44 Freddy’s Nightmares episodes accounted for; two half-stories per episode are not falsely counted as extra broadcasts.",
      "Fourteen prose film-adaptation units (Cooper five with Locke, six Italia, Flood, Bergantino, Hand), six EUROPA installments in three continuous pairs, and licensed Dream Child audio inventoried.",
      "Six Tales of Terror originals, five Black Flame originals and seven anthology stories included; omnibus repeats deduplicated.",
      "Marvel two issues; Innovation six original issues split around five-year jump, three-issue film adaptation with #3D deduplicated, two published Beginning issues.",
      "Avatar Special / Paranoid three-issue run / Fearbook; WildStorm eight issues split into four story arcs, anthology short, and both six-issue Ash continuations inventoried.",
      "Original creator script provides explicit 1971 trial evidence; conflicts with 1968 fan reconstruction are visible.",
      "DC collected edition excludes #4 and #8. Correct corresponding access / research links supplied; no invented ASIN or unrelated movie substituted for an out-of-print comic.",
      "Review added three original music-video stories, Goldbergs dream cameo, fan-club biography and seven separately identified attraction variants; unlicensed fan works excluded.",
      "A Family Affair’s two-years-later second half split without inflating the 44-episode count. Sister’s Keeper moved to an explicitly years-later window.",
      "All date rails explicitly use a date, elapsed interval or broad era; numeric sort anchors do not masquerade as exact years."
    ],
    "gaps": [
      "Pre-build omission / contradiction review completed: nine franchise films, 44 broadcasts, major licensed print/audio/comic runs, music-video narratives, fan-club biography, game stories and seven live-experience variants checked. Newsletter narrative content / minor interactive promotions remain candid gaps.",
      "Most finished comic interiors unavailable. Creator-hosted Beginning scripts partially inspected; DC / Avatar public solicitations read. No claim of full comic inspection or exact nested flashback coverage.",
      "Film date reconstruction remains disputed (1981 / 1984 origin, overlapping sequel intervals and future finale). Full primary frame / dialogue comparison would narrow ranges.",
      "Individual anthology / Tor / Black Flame / TV chronology needs full legal text or episode inspection. Broad era placements remain visible rather than invented release-year dates.",
      "Original attraction scripts, regional alternate endings, The Freddy Times narrative content and lesser promotional games / in-character shorts still require full artifact inspection. Principal verified music videos and Goldbergs nightmare now have individual records.",
      "Most Amazon matches unverified. Publisher, creator, rights-holder or exact-work research destinations used; some bibliographic sources are not full-story access."
    ],
    "publishReady": true
  }
}